HC Deb 26 October 1998 vol 318 c57W
Mr. Kidney

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in developing criteria for taking into account compassionate factors in immigration decisions affecting minors. [56069]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

We have been examining recent cases to see what criteria can be developed which could apply at every stage in the caseworking process. An analysis of these recent cases is continuing.